[Dixonary] Round 3518 BLAA results

[Efrem Mallach]

Folks,

Since all those who submitted definitions of BLAA have voted - other than those who told me they're not going to - plus one more player who didn't submit one, I'm closing the round about eleven hours before the previous deadline. Because of time zone differences between North America and New Zealand, that may get the next round under way a day earlier than it would have otherwise started.

Blaa is definition #7: the Irish bun. Here's one of many pictures of blaas that can be found in an online search. Many recipes can be found online as well:

John Barrs knew the word. Paul Keating also declined to vote after some confusion over what had happened to his definition. As it happens, nothing had, but that may not have been obvious at the time.

As you might have inferred from the mention of New Zealand time above, Shani Naylor is our next dealer with a natural 5 for her Ethiopian porridge (#14). As it happens, it's a real Ethiopian dish, though it isn't named blaa. (The somewhat less credible #15, Judy Madnick's seal carcass stuffed with dead auks, is also a real Greenland dish - if the word "dish" can be applied to it.)  Paul Keating's livid purple (#2) earns runner-up honors with a natural 4. Three players had 3 points each. The dictionary scored D2. Full results:

1. An improvised raft. From Abell, T. who voted 2, 13. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

2. Livid, leaden, of a bluish-purple color.  From Keating, P. who did not vote. Voted for by: Abell, T.; Shefler, M.; Kornelis, H.; Naylor, S. Score: 4.

3. [Zulu] a moveable corral for cattle or sheep. From Shefler, M. who voted 2, 14. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Bourne, T.; Naylor, S. Score: 3.

4. Urban slang for the blonde and affluent in society.   From Embler, D. who voted 10, 14. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Davis, G. Score: 2.

5. Used to indicate that something is mediocre and unintersting. (cf. meh) From Kornelis, H. who voted 2, 6. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Boxer, E.; Widdis, D. Score: 3.

6. An Australian volcanic formation roughly 2.1 billion years old,  or lava therefrom. From Cunningham, D. who voted 3, 10. Voted for by: Kornelis, H.; Shepherdson, N. Score: 2.

7. A doughy, white bread bun speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Lodge, T.; Madnick, J. Score: D2.

8. Acronym: British Leyland Automobile Association [now obs. since the breakup of BL Motor Group in 1982] From Barrs, J. who knew the word. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

9. A small ground-cover plant found on Hawaii and other Pacific islands, one of the first to colonise lava flows. From Bourne, T. who voted 3, 5. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N. Score: 1.

10. A spray painting technique from graffiti in which paint is applied heavily, to the point of dripping down a wall. From Boxer, E. who voted 5, 14. Voted for by: Embler, D.; Cunningham, D. Score: 2.

11. [Scot.] A traditional house built of unmortared stone with a filling of earth, found esp. in northwestern Scotland and the Hebrides. From Lodge, T. who voted *7*, 14. Voted for by: None. Score: 2.

12. [Of sheep] To emit a prolonged, low-pitched bleating sound, typically as a sign of distress or during mating season. [Mid-16th c., imitative] From Widdis, D. who voted 4, 5. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

13. A difficult soccer move in which a player wraps one leg behind the other to put in a cross or pop off a shot; named after the player who first demonstrated it, Argentinian Eduardo Blaa. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 6, 9. Voted for by: Abell, T. Score: 1.

14. [Ethiopia] A stiff porridge-like substance normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pulses such as sunflower seeds, nuts, and flax. From Naylor, S. who voted 2, 3. Voted for by: Shefler, M.; Embler, D.; Boxer, E.; Lodge, T.; Madnick, J. Score: 5.

15. A dish from Greenland consisting of hundreds of dead auks stuffed into the body of a dead seal. The seal is then sealed up to be completely airtight, covered in oil to repel flies and maggots, and then fermented for three months. From Madnick, J. who voted *7*, 14. Voted for by: Davis, G. Score: 3.

No definition from Davis, G. who voted 4, 15. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

As a table:

It's all yours, Shani!

Efrem

[Tony Abell]

Correction: I voted for 12, the sheep noise, not 13. So Dan gets a point.

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On 2025-02-09 at 22:21 Efrem Mallach wrote:

> Folks,

> Since all those who submitted definitions of BLAA have voted - other than those who told me they're not going to - plus one more player who didn't submit one, I'm closing the round about eleven hours before the previous deadline. Because of time zone differences between North America and New Zealand, that may get the next round under way a day earlier than it would have otherwise started.

> Blaa is definition #7: the Irish bun. Here's one of many pictures of blaas that can be found in an online search. Many recipes can be found online as well:

> 

> John Barrs knew the word. Paul Keating also declined to vote after some confusion over what had happened to his definition. As it happens, nothing had, but that may not have been obvious at the time.

> As you might have inferred from the mention of New Zealand time above, Shani Naylor is our next dealer with a natural 5 for her Ethiopian porridge (#14). As it happens, it's a real Ethiopian dish, though it isn't named blaa. (The somewhat less credible #15, Judy Madnick's seal carcass stuffed with dead auks, is also a real Greenland dish - if the word "dish" can be applied to it.) Paul Keating's livid purple (#2) earns runner-up honors with a natural 4. Three players had 3 points each. The dictionary scored D2. Full results:

> 1. An improvised raft. From Abell, T. who voted 2, 13. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

> 2. Livid, leaden, of a bluish-purple color. From Keating, P. who did not vote. Voted for by: Abell, T.; Shefler, M.; Kornelis, H.; Naylor, S. Score: 4.

> 3. [Zulu] a moveable corral for cattle or sheep. From Shefler, M. who voted 2, 14. Voted for by: Cunningham, D.; Bourne, T.; Naylor, S. Score: 3.

> 4. Urban slang for the blonde and affluent in society. From Embler, D. who voted 10, 14. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Davis, G. Score: 2.

> 5. Used to indicate that something is mediocre and unintersting. (cf. meh) >From Kornelis, H. who voted 2, 6. Voted for by: Bourne, T.; Boxer, E.; Widdis, D. Score: 3.

> 6. An Australian volcanic formation roughly 2.1 billion years old, or lava therefrom. From Cunningham, D. who voted 3, 10. Voted for by: Kornelis, H.; Shepherdson, N. Score: 2.

> 7. A doughy, white bread bun speciality, particularly associated with Waterford, Ireland. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for by: Lodge, T.; Madnick, J. Score: D2.

> 8. Acronym: British Leyland Automobile Association [now obs. since the breakup of BL Motor Group in 1982] From Barrs, J. who knew the word. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

> 9. A small ground-cover plant found on Hawaii and other Pacific islands, one of the first to colonise lava flows. From Bourne, T. who voted 3, 5. Voted for by: Shepherdson, N. Score: 1.

> 10. A spray painting technique from graffiti in which paint is applied heavily, to the point of dripping down a wall. From Boxer, E. who voted 5, 14. Voted for by: Embler, D.; Cunningham, D. Score: 2.

> 11. [Scot.] A traditional house built of unmortared stone with a filling of earth, found esp. in northwestern Scotland and the Hebrides. From Lodge, T. who voted *7*, 14. Voted for by: None. Score: 2.

> 12. [Of sheep] To emit a prolonged, low-pitched bleating sound, typically as a sign of distress or during mating season. [Mid-16th c., imitative] From Widdis, D. who voted 4, 5. Voted for by: None. Score: 0.

> 13. A difficult soccer move in which a player wraps one leg behind the other to put in a cross or pop off a shot; named after the player who first demonstrated it, Argentinian Eduardo Blaa. From Shepherdson, N. who voted 6, 9. Voted for by: Abell, T. Score: 1.

> 14. [Ethiopia] A stiff porridge-like substance normally formed into a round shape with a hole in the middle for the dipping sauce, a mixture of butter and red peppers, or pulses such as sunflower seeds, nuts, and flax. From Naylor, S. who voted 2, 3. Voted for by: Shefler, M.; Embler, D.; Boxer, E.; Lodge, T.; Madnick, J. Score: 5.

> 15. A dish from Greenland consisting of hundreds of dead auks stuffed into the body of a dead seal. The seal is then sealed up to be completely airtight, covered in oil to repel flies and maggots, and then fermented for three months. From Madnick, J. who voted *7*, 14. Voted for by: Davis, G. Score: 3.

> No definition from Davis, G. who voted 4, 15. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

> As a table:

> 

[Efrem Mallach]

Apologies, Tony. Surely a finger slip on my part. Hopefully Mike S. can correct the permanent record - and, should it come down to that, Shani N. can take it into account in breaking a Round 3518 tie.

Efrem

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